The three R’s: Reading, reptiles and raptors

Jacob Sim, an environmental education instructor at the Alabama 4H Center, lets Lila Agee, 6, pet a king snake as library volunteer Leigh Allen, top, looks on at the Tuscaloosa Public Library on Wednesday.

Dusty Compton | The Tuscaloosa News

Staff report

Published: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 12:41 a.m.

Jacob Sim, an environmental education instructor at the Alabama 4H Center, brought a variety of reptiles and raptors for the children in the Dig into Reading summer reading program to learn about and touch. The reptiles included a king snake, a bearded dragon, a turtle and an American alligator.

<p>Jacob Sim, an environmental education instructor at the Alabama 4H Center, brought a variety of reptiles and raptors for the children in the Dig into Reading summer reading program to learn about and touch. The reptiles included a king snake, a bearded dragon, a turtle and an American alligator.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output -->